Quick Cookies – two ways

Some days just call for milk and cookies…

After a couple of weeks of sunny skies and warmer temps, the return to cold, wet weather this weekend wasn’t very welcome… but it was the perfect time to whip up a batch of cookies. When the baby is having a nap, the girls and I will nip into the kitchen and bake some treats to keep us going for a day or two. I much prefer them to eat homemade cakes and biscuits – I know exactly what is in them, and most often can reduce the amount of sugar recipes call for.

When things have to be fitted into nap time, quick recipes are the best. This is our favourite cookie recipe – quick and easy to make, and it’s easy to change around for different cookies. This time we made chocolate cookies topped with smarties and some cinnamon cookies. These are great too as they are eggless!

I N G R E D I E N T S
170g margarine or butter
115g caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
225g plain flour
50g rolled oats

M E T H O D
1// Cream the butter and sugar together, mix in the vanilla essence 2// fold in the flour and the half of the oats 3// shape into golf ball sized pieces and roll in the remaining oats 4// place on a greased baking tray and flatten slightly 5//bake at 180C for 15 minutes

For the chocolate cookies we switched the oats for some cocoa powder and pushed in a couple of smarties once flattened. For the cinnamon cookies we added 1 tsp cinnamon and 1/2 tsp ginger.